Marginalized communities and access to justice [electronic resource] / edited by Yash Ghai and Jill Cottrell.

Presents a comparative study, by some of the leading researchers in the field of law and justice, of the imperatives and constraints of access to justice among a number of marginalized communities. This title examines the role of courts and similar bodies in administering the laws that pertain to th...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Taylor & Francis)
Other Authors: Ghai, Yash P., 1938-, Cottrell, Jill
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2010.
Series:Law, development and globalization.
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Table of Contents:
  • Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Notes on contributors; Preface; Chapter 1 The rule of law and access to justice; Chapter 2 Access to justice: Lessons from South Africa's land reform program; Chapter 3 Access to land and justice: Anatomy of a state without the rule of law; Chapter 4 The movement of landless rural workers in Brazil and their struggles for access to law and justice; Chapter 5 Access to justice and indigenous communities in Latin America; Chapter 6 Seeking justice for the historical claims of indigenous people in Aotearoa New Zealand.